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Best heli in RF to learn flying. IS the Blade 230s a wise option?
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FrostbittenCnuk
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I am having a blast learning on the 230S in RF I can actually fly inverted now in the sim as a result of itAm I best learning with the Blade 230s on RF Evolution, as that has safe mode? I don't like the ONLY heli offered in training mode, as it is on stabilisers and flies awfully.
flightengr
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I would agree that the 230S is a pretty good model in the sim.
I felt it needed a bit of improvement, though. It has a horrible drift to the left in the Stability/Beginner mode, so I made a mix to get rid of that rather than using a bunch of aileron trim. I also put in a pitch curve to make it hover better at mid-throttle. Rather than try to explain the details, I posted the customization file here that you can download and add to your RealFlight data folder as a custom version of the 230S. (It doesn't change the original version.)
I felt it needed a bit of improvement, though. It has a horrible drift to the left in the Stability/Beginner mode, so I made a mix to get rid of that rather than using a bunch of aileron trim. I also put in a pitch curve to make it hover better at mid-throttle. Rather than try to explain the details, I posted the customization file here that you can download and add to your RealFlight data folder as a custom version of the 230S. (It doesn't change the original version.)
As I’ve said many times, flying in stability mode will teach you to hold the cyclic controls for too long. if you want to be able to fly helicopters, you need to be in intermediate or full agility mode as soon as possible. I use the 230 model for sim training as I only fly micros and it’s the closest. To me now, flying in stability mode, is like having your hands tied, not much control and scary.
Learning to hover is really hard. Start tail in, then once mastered, slowly move it round to more of a sideways orientation. Eventually you’ll be able to hover all the way round. Next learn to fly in a square patten both directions, and once mastered turn that into a circle, then into a figure 8.
Helicopter flying is all about learning orientations, once you’ve finished learning all the upright ones, there’s the inverted ones too. It all takes a long time to learn. I spend an hour a night training while listening to an audio book, and I’ve clocked up 1000s of hours on the sim and still occasionally get an orientation wrong. I’m currently working on flying upright and inverted circles while rotating the helicopter. That’s something that would seem impossible when you started flying. You just have to keep trying, crashing and trying again, and eventually you can do it.
Learning to hover is really hard. Start tail in, then once mastered, slowly move it round to more of a sideways orientation. Eventually you’ll be able to hover all the way round. Next learn to fly in a square patten both directions, and once mastered turn that into a circle, then into a figure 8.
Helicopter flying is all about learning orientations, once you’ve finished learning all the upright ones, there’s the inverted ones too. It all takes a long time to learn. I spend an hour a night training while listening to an audio book, and I’ve clocked up 1000s of hours on the sim and still occasionally get an orientation wrong. I’m currently working on flying upright and inverted circles while rotating the helicopter. That’s something that would seem impossible when you started flying. You just have to keep trying, crashing and trying again, and eventually you can do it.
SafariJack
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I experienced this as well. I now have the InterLink DX. What are you referring to as a "mix", and is it possible to do on the InterLink? I ended up just doing a lot aileron trim for now.I would agree that the 230S is a pretty good model in the sim.
I felt it needed a bit of improvement, though. It has a horrible drift to the left in the Stability/Beginner mode, so I made a mix to get rid of that rather than using a bunch of aileron trim. I also put in a pitch curve to make it hover better at mid-throttle. Rather than try to explain the details, I posted the customization file here that you can download and add to your RealFlight data folder as a custom version of the 230S. (It doesn't change the original version.)
flightengr
Active member
Yes, the way that mixing was done applies to InterLink DX. Mixing is a common function of programmable transmitters, where you can take an input from somewhere (another stick or switch, for example), add a little value to it, and output the result to another channel. It was done in the Aircraft Editor for the 230S.
The fastest solution to fix your 230S would be to install that file I provided as described in that post.
The writeup I have here about the InterLink DX does talk about mixing on page 11, but the example shown is not this specific situation. Instead, it's a rudder-to-aileron mix. If you'd like to learn how the mix was done on the 230S, install that file, and then use this info on page 11 to find it in the 230S configuration. I believe it's under Output Channel 1.
The fastest solution to fix your 230S would be to install that file I provided as described in that post.
The writeup I have here about the InterLink DX does talk about mixing on page 11, but the example shown is not this specific situation. Instead, it's a rudder-to-aileron mix. If you'd like to learn how the mix was done on the 230S, install that file, and then use this info on page 11 to find it in the 230S configuration. I believe it's under Output Channel 1.